Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 14:52:02 -0500 From: The Anarcat <anarcat@anarcat.ath.cx> To: Rich Morin <rdm@cfcl.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Shrinking /(s)bin: A Proposal Message-ID: <20021112195200.GC32440@xtanbul.studio.espresso-com.com> In-Reply-To: <p05200f03b9f706009d91@[192.168.254.205]> References: <3DD03D9A.6090805@acm.org> <p05200f03b9f706009d91@[192.168.254.205]>
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The same approach is used in creating sysinstall related binaries or in PicoBSD. The utility is called crunchgen(1). The examples section even features ways to do exactly that with /sbin. A. On Tue Nov 12, 2002 at 11:32:26AM -0800, Rich Morin wrote: > My spouse had the problem of creating a bootable copy of A/UX on a > single floppy. She decided to write a "doitall" program that had > functionality from a number of small commands. This amortized the > overhead a great deal. > > A similar approach could be used for /(s)bin: lump several programs > together into a single binary, but give the binary links for each > of the original names (and have the program respond according to > the name used, ala vi/ex). > > My general reaction, however, is that this issue (shrinking sbin) > is not worth trashing the software engineering of piles of commands. > > -r > -- > email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 > http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. > http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. > http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series > http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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